From: tickettyboo@mail2oops.com   
      
   On 2018-07-22 16:13:43 +0000, Nigel Reed said:   
      
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   > Tickettyboo wrote:   
   >> From: Tickettyboo    
   >>   
   >> I have the list from the Gazette, I have a couple of lists from newspapers.   
   >> They tell me that in 1920 John Percy Henderson was awarded the M.B.E.   
   >> for "patriotic services at Lerwick, Shetland', his obit in the Shetland   
   >> newspapers  in 1938 says he was awarded the M.B.E. for local services.   
   >>   
   >> I know he was a member of the Shetland County Council for many years,   
   >> he was also, later, a member of the Parish Council for Burra Isle   
   >> (which he purchased in 1921)   
   >>   
   >> Does anyone know if its possible to get details of what the 'patriotic   
   >> services' actually were? (nothing in local newspapers that I have been   
   >> able to find).   
   >> I'd guess this award would be related to his work for various   
   >> councils, but if I can get more detail that would be interesting.   
   >   
   > I've not looked at the obit so I'm not sure what's in there but it   
   > appears he was a Lance Corporal Acting Corporal in the Royal   
   > Engineers. Service number 19428. He was in France.   
      
      
   Please may I ask where you got that info? I couldn't find a service   
   record for him, nor a pension record and there is no mention in his   
   obit of service in WW1.   
   I could see 3 medal cards for a John P Henderson, but there was no   
   specific information on any of them for me to be able to decide which   
   of them, if any, were for the man I was looking for.   
   >   
   > He seems to have been very involved in the community, presenting   
   > a metal at a curling competition, judge at Borrowstounness races.   
   > He is mentioned in meetings of the Lerwick Harbour Trust.   
      
   Yes, his obit indicates that he was very active in the community.   
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